Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement on Western Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing Centres on Monday 31 October 2022 Col 644, how many new hotels were approved for use for individuals from Manston Immigration Processing Centre between 6 September 2022 and 19 October 2022, broken down by (a) county and (b) constituency.

Given the pressing need to move people from Manston, we are considering all possible options and acting to secure suitable accommodation at pace.

Between 6 September 2022 and 19 October 2022, all 119 hotels proposed for potential use as contingency asylum accommodation were given approval to progress. Home Office officials and our accommodation providers are now progressing due diligence and engagement on each proposed site to ensure that they are suitable, affordable and in line with appropriate standards.

As part of our engagement, relevant local authorities and MPs have been informed directly of the sites under consideration in their area. In doing so, we retain our commitment to work with local partners to understand and address concerns during and after any implementation period. It would not be appropriate to publicise details of the location of the individual sites under consideration whilst due diligence remains underway.

Of the 119 sites being progressed, so far 16 of these sites have been brought into use for contingency asylum accommodation across Ashford, Brighton & Hove, Camden, Epping Forest, Erewash, Ipswich, Kingston upon Thames, Newham, Oxfordshire, Reading, South Kesteven, Stevenage, Swindon, West Northamptonshire, and Westminster.